Ascendance records is proud to announce the signing of another new band, the highly original and inventive PIN-UP WENT DOWN from France. The band was founded by Alexis Damien (ex-CARNIVAL IN COAL/WORMFOOD) and features the diverse and talented Asphodel (PENUMBRA) on vocals. The band's first album, 2 Unlimited, mixes Gothic with death and progressive metal, as well as throwing funk and jazz into the mix. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by the band and is set to be released in March 2008.

Ascendance Records is a new UK-based label set up by Lee Barrett [founder of Candlelight Records, ex-Extreme Noise Terror, currently in To-Mera] and Sam Grant [writer, promoter, broadcaster, interviewer for Sonic Cathedral online]. Since 2000 the female-fronted metal scene has been growing in popularity. Now widely recognised as a genre in its own right, female metal vocalists are mastering all styles from power metal to Gothic, progressive and black metal. What was once a sparse handful of bands has grown exponentially and now the industry is becoming increasingly aware of the prowess of females in metal.

Ascendance Records signs artists from all walks of female-fronted metal for worldwide promotion and distribution. Given the founders' innate interest and direct contact with the genre, the label has strong belief and commitment to every band signed.

Ascendance Records heralds the next step in the evolution of the metal scene.